Peppa Pig tells kids to 'go to hell' after site hacked

Children visiting the Facebook page of television character Peppa Pig were
told to "go to hell" after hackers posted a series of abusive
updates.

One of the abusive messages left on the Peppa Pig Facebook pagePhoto: Hotspot Media

By Agencies

8:29AM BST 19 Jun 2013

Several spam links and pictures were uploaded onto the social networking page, which more than 130,000 people have 'liked', leading to scores of complaints from parents that their children could see the posts.

One of the text messages uploaded by hackers, who took over the site on Monday, read: "go to hell -----".

Angry parents complained to the park about the "inappropriate" and "disgusting" posts on the web page and demanded free tickets to the attractions.

Another called the posts "disgusting" and added: "This is a family friends group page [and] I wouldn't appreciate my daughter reading this."

The hacking led some people to question whether children should be using the social networking site despite Facebook not allowing anyone under the age of 13 to have a profile.

Peppa Pig is an animated TV show which is shown in more than 180 countries around the world. In 2005 it won a children's Bafta for best pre-school animation.

This latest incident is not the first time the kids favourite has faced uproar. The character was due to appear at a children's centre in South London as part of the Labour Party's manifesto launch for families in 2010 but withdrew to avoid any controversy.